1980•The American Historical ReviewRequires access

America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975

Gary R. Hess, George C. Herring

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A dead-end alley - the United States, France and the first Indochina War, 1950-1954 our offspring - nation-building in South Vietnam, 1954-1961 limited partnerhip - Kennedy and Diem, 1961-1963 enough, but not too much - Johnson's decisions for war, 1963-1965 on the tiger's back - the United States at war, 1965-1967 a very near thing - the Tet Offensive and after, 1968 a war for peace - Nixon, Kissinger and Vietnam, 1969-1973 the post-war and the legacy of Vietnam.

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Key concepts: Vietnam War, Offensive, Spanish Civil War, Strategic Hamlet Program, Economic history, Political science, Ancient history, History